# Incident 20081023849569I: Boeing 727225, Wichita, KS, October 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2008, 23:37 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N464FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N464FE-2012-10-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081023849569I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON OCTOBER 23, 2008, AT 23:37 LOCAL TIME THE FLIGHT CREW FOR FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP OPERATING A BOEING 727 AS FLIGHT NUMBER FDC1305 DEPARTED WICHITA, KANSAS (ICT) TO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (MEM) DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A LEADING EDGE DEVICE (LED) DISAGREE LIGHT WITH THE NUMBER TWO LEADING EDGE FLAP LED INDICATOR INDICATING IMPROPER POSITION.  THE FLIGHT CREW RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO ICT, AND LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N464FE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20041027026589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041027026589I), Oct 27, 2004: Boeing 727225 (N464FE), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On October 27, 2004 federal express flight 1336 a 727-225A aborted its takeoff roll at about 60 kt due to an unknown problem (a loud mechanical noise).…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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